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One mameluca, one cafusa
Johann Baptist von Spix1823
CRIA - Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental
Campinas, Brazil
It can be seen that the “mameluca” girl has a goiter. Travelers noted that this was frequent among the population, especially among mestizos and blacks. However, the travel report lacks a scientific explanation for the phenomenon.
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- Title: One mameluca, one cafusa
- Creator: Johann Baptist von Spix, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
- Date Created: 1823
- Provenance: Original files of the digitization of Spix' travel atlas (1823-1831 journey in Brazil made and described on the orders of His Majesty Maximilian Joseph I, King of Bavaria in the years 1817-1820 - atlas)
- Type: book page
- Original Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Rights: Public domain
- Medium: lithograph
- Licensing: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
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